Syracuse, NY - Gas prices continued their steady increase of recent weeks, jumping 5 cents in the past seven days in the Syracuse area, according to the GasBuddy.com.

The average price of a gallon of gas in the Syracuse area today is $3.842, up 5 cents from one week ago, according to GasBuddy.com. That's an increase of 20.5 cents in the past month, bringing today's price to 11.4 cents more than the same day a year ago.